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iniiiitli k - i. -iiAK.LiA.thfiNit . t• HQUSE i9P PEEILI. 16. The 11S on the table were pasied tlu•Ougli a stage each. In the CornMitiee on . CaMpbell's .Dit'orce Bill; the clause for luslardizing the issue was, on the mo tion.of Lord AucKLAND, rejeaed. • The Earl of LIVEHYOOI. laid on the table a ,Copy of a Letter from Lord Castlereagh to Sir A. 'Wel lesley, respeaing the military operations in Por7 tugal. MUTINY BILL. On the second reading of the Mutiny Bill; . the Duke of NoarbLx complained of the pra&ice that had ltitely oh wined of delaying important Bills until the Session was so far advanced, or .the period of theii- expiration so near, that the passing of them became unavoidable. This was not treating the 'louse fairly. Reasonable time for consideration and discu,sion on every Bill should be allowed. It was not his intention to throw any obstacle in the WaY 'of this Bill, but he understood there were -some alterations in it which he wished for time to euhstder. He moved, therefore, that these altera 'ons be printed. The Earl of LIVERPOOL agreed as to the proprie 1Y or the .bservation made by"the Noble Duke. kle trusted: however, that he would not persist in hiS motion, as the pri-.:ting of the papers might occasion torte delay, and prevent the Bill from receiving the /top! Assent previous to the 25th instant, when the present Bill would expire.. He could assure the Noble Duke, there was nothing improper or dan gerous in these alterations. They were merely in furth erance -of t h e general o bj e d of the Bill. After a few words from the Duke of Nottiout. and Lord AuCKLANI), the former withdrew his mo tion, • • Carl GREY ob l ierved, that previous to the discus sion on the condud of the campaign in Spain and Portugal, it was deSirable that every information con-. netted with the subject should be laid before the 11 ° 0 e. There was a paper of some consequence, a letter from Mr. Frac to Sir John Moore, which ha wished to be laid before the House, and for the prbdu6tion of which be proposed to bring forward a motion onto-morrow seinnight, for which . day he tVolild move that the Lord's be summoned. The Earl of LIVERPOOL. stated, that the letter was Merely a private communication ; that no copy of it had been transmitted by Sir J. Moore, nor was it alluded to in any dispatch from 'that Officer. 'He "mild, therefore feel it incumbent on him to resist the Motion. After a short reply from Earl GREY; it wns drdered that the Lords be summoned on the day mentioned. , The Earl of flticxt G lIAMSII/nE, after a short pre7 fate moved for copies of the instructions .relating to , the formation of a Regency in Portugal, transmitted from Lord Castlereagh to Sir Hew Dalrymple. He also moved for copies of alt Corresponuenee be tween his Majesty's Government and the Portuguese Minister residing at this Court, relating to the same alibied, The Early of LIVERPOOL could not accede to the hidtion of the Noble,Eatl. There might be great public tnoriVenienee in the production of these r t Peri• He trusted' that it would answer the Noble s rirVose, to receive his assurance that Ministers bvuweu ,these initrations. His Majesty re-con tittered the kingdom of Portugal, not fur 'himself, but for his ally; the Queen of Portugal and the Prince R egent . Whatever Government was esta= blished, was merely provisional, and it wouldbe for the Court of Rio Janiero to make what alteration they pleased in it. A disscussion 'of some length followed. The mo tion was supported by, Loads Gart, SIDMOUTH, il ' Rsk iNE, and ROsSLYN,and opposed by Lords HA R- Itow BY and . MIJ LORAIIB. • Upon the -question., being put, the motion was negatived.--Acjounied till to morrow. ROUSE OF COMATOAS. THURSDAY, MARCH 16. Mr. presented a petition from the Debtora confined in the Marshalsea prison of Dublin, praying for relief:—Ordered to lie upon the table; Mr. Hollingsworth (Secretary to Greenwich Hog • pital) presented at the Bar a copy of the SuPplemeu tal Charter for the Said Hospital Ordered tb lie upon the table. A Bill was brought up to permit the ImpOrtation of Tobacco into Great Britain from any part of the , World.—Read a first. titne, and ordered for a second leading to-morrow. The Report on the Expiring Laws Continuing Bill was read, and ordered to be committed for to- Morrow. The Jamaica Free Part Bill was committed, and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. The North American Fishery Bill was cornmitted, and the. Report ordered to be received to-morrow. Upon the motion of Mr. FOSTER, 111 c committee on the Irish Malt and Spirits Bill was postponed for 'Tuesday next, as he conceived that the Duke of York's Business was fairly intitled to precedence. A .Message from the Lords announced their as= sent to the Child Murder Bill, Sugar Drawback and itiVst Additional Bounty Bills, %Vial some others. 'Leave of absence was &sante,' to Messrs. Leigh ' end leycester, in order to enable them to go their respective circuits. he Cape of Good Hope ,Trade Bill was read a third time, and passed. General GAS:COYNa presented a Petition from the Merchants concerned in.the Ati - ican Trade, praying for sortie compensation, in consequence of the Abo lition of t h e biavi, Trade • The BerMuda Spirits Bill. was read a third tithe, and p assed . Sir A. WuLuny/ moved fora Committee on the Irish Militia Bill on Thursday next. His objet in thistclOtiott was, that previous to the volunteering into the line from the Militia of Ireland, the House may adopt some 7 latter regulations tin - the manila' of the force, which would be necessary to enter upon before , the ; Easter recess, as about` that period the ' volunteering would take place. - Sir JOHN NEWPOIiT was of opinion, that this Bill required a more mature consideration than possibly GOuld be paid to it at . that 'time proposed by the Iti4lit Honourable Gentleman. He knew of abuses . • it a ghat extant in the measures reioried to for the Con*!elicit) of the Irish Militia. Sums of money hart been eaid by individuals to the Parishei, foi the purchase of substitutei, and he saw that those sums were not generally applied, in the Man tier intended that they Should. Sir A. Wunia'Snay .and Mr. G. CANNING Made ibrite obiert,iatiOns in reply. The latter asserted, that in several instances the Parishes were out of pocket by;t he Militia levi'es. Sir J. Nawroar said, that such may be the case in Parishes where no Gentlemen of property re sided, but it was the contrary where they did. The motion for the Committee on Thursday next Was then put, and agreed to. The House went into a Committee on the New foundland Judicature Bill ; and the Report '.was Or 'dered to be received to•;morrow., The House having resumed, the Resolutions of the Committee on the Expiring Laws Perpetual Bill were read, and agreed to. The Report' of the Sugar Wash Duty Bill was briaught up, and the resolutions of the Committee were read, and agreed to. The Land-Tax Commissioners Bill was brought up, read a first time, and ordered for a second read ing to-morrow. Mr. BANlCtS'moved for an Account of the Bank Notes, Bank Post Bills,' and &Exchange, cir culated by the Bank of England, during the last year, and also for an Account of the same circu lated by the Bank of Ireland during the same pe riod, with amount of circulation in each guar= ter, •He al ,:o moved for an Account of the Exemp tion 0 - Foreigners front Duty on Property, Bank and India Stock, Sex. - with the amount for the year past. Mr. R. WARD rose to make some observations on what had fallen front an Honourable Baronet (Sir C. Pole) on a former evening, respecting the in crease of emolument to Pay-Captain , at Marines,, and some new naval regulations. The Hon. Baronet had stated that their labours and compensation were not at all proportionate. But the Hon. Baronet per haps did not know that the persons selcded for such situations, were generally men who were unfit for other service. Their duties were by no means bur thensame. It was not required that . a Pay-Captain of Marines.sbould serve atloat, or even aboard. The only case in which their attendance on board was re quired, was whenever Courts Martial took place.— Under such circumstances ,he did nut imagine the provision made for t hose Officers was at all defedive. With reiped to the,dedudions from the pay.t f Ma• rine Officeri, they were applied, he said, to Chelsea HOSpitali and the same benefits resulted to the Offi- ; cers Of-Alarines, as to the Officers of the Army front such , application, Whatever dedudiun was made from the pay, of Marine Privates, was applied to Greenwich Hospital, and they were benefited in the same manner by it as the Navy. Sonic stoppage in a Marine Officer's pay was given generally to the , ciaminissioncrs Of the Widows' Pensions, for the Army : and of consequence, the 'Widow of a Ma rims Officer derived the sante advantage from that . fund as the Widow of an Officer in the Army would. The lion. Member said, that in his opinion the re- tired Officers of Marines were, in every way, on the same footing with those in the Arm)%‘. Sir C. POLE said, that the Marine Pay-Officers had, in general, accounts with all the men. There were 30,000 Marines, and therefore it seemed to him that the trouble of the Pay-Captains must be Very considerable. In the Marine Artillery, each 'Captain had an addition of two shillings per day, for the paying of his own company alone. The Offi cer s whom he considered to be greatly aggrieved, namely, the Marine Officers, were senior Captains, who would, perhaps, were it not for the slow progress of promotion, be now Majors. The Country, he conceived, should feel bound to make an addition to the pay of those men, who were known only by their brilliant services. The dedudions from the pay Of Marine Officers amounted to the annual inn) of V,7001. and were not applied, he was convinced, to the purposes which were stated. Mr. IL WARD made' some addditional obser- Cations. Mr.. CALCRAT was of opinion, that a separate Widows' liund and Compassionate List ought.tn be established for the Marines. The complaints which , had been made should, in his opinion, be redressed. Mr: W. POLE maintained, that both the Ho nourable Baronet and the Honourable Gentleman op posite (Mr. Calcraft), 'were under a misconception. He asserted, that the advantages derived from the Widows' List, in the Marines, were equal to those derived by the Army. The Hon. Gentleman was cer-, Lain that the Marine Officers did not contribute to Greenwich Hospital, and were not consequently be nefited by it. But the Marine Privates did, and they were benefited in an equal degree with the Navy, of course. The establishment of Pay-Cap tains to the Marines had its origin in Lord St. Vin cent, on the principle of its tending to produce men, who, when they became Commanders of Divisions,. would be entirely acquainted with the accounts.— . Upon no nilwr pnneiple did the Noble Lord' insti tute tuch Officers. The Honourable Member obr served, that when a similar memorial to the present, from the retired Officers, was presented to the Hen. Baronet, while in office, his answer was, " If they are not satisfied let them take the sea-roaster." - It • was extremvly unjust, he thought, that they should be more eotutortaule titan their active brethren. — He stated it to be th . e intention of the present Ad; miralty, that the pro Visions for the Widows and Orphans of the Marines and the Navy should be, .completely on the same footing With those for the saute purpose in the Army. •A short conversation took place between Colonel Hutchinson; Mr. IL Ward, and Mr. W. Pole, on the subject. Colonel BASTARD hoped chat the same harsh ans wer would not be made by the present Board of Ad. ! Miralty to the MeMorial before them, as was by that to which the Hoit. Baronet, his friend, had be longed. Mr. CALCRAFT rose to explain. Sir C. PoLE . denied ever having received the peti r tiOn which had been alluded to. • The Order of the Day be 11.% read,' the House went into a Committee on the Royal Marine Mutiny Bill ; several amendments were agreed to,' and the Report ordered to be received to-morrow. Mr.'Husa.LssoN moved, in the Commttee of Sup ply, for an account of the amount of interest on Ex chequer Bills."—The House then adjourned. F . RO.ili . nE il:thCil PA P ERS. . VrlnttA, VLE. F9.— f lt has, been announced for' si - nue days in the political. circles, that General Audreossi, the netich Ainbassador,ilias obiaiued have of absence for six weeks, and that during that time he will rnake aiourpcy to. Paris. Last Sunday the Militia were exercised upon the 'ramparts ; nothing was so grotesque as their 'ap pearance : no One could " . help. shrugging up his shoulders at seeing the ;awkwardness Qiihese shop keepers, in. their manoeuvres and manual - ettereise.— however, are the invincible legions, which it is pretended to oppoSe to the conqueivri Of Ulrn and MatentTo ! SeVeral battalions of croats have departed, in dir to repair to Buda, in Hungary, and to Petau, a town of Lower Styria. Some regiments have also been 'sent into Moravia. Wolves continue to commit the greatest depreda tions at the very gates of the capital ; six were found yesterday killed by the strokes of sabres ; not far from these were found six. boots, and sorn,3 rem nants of dress. It is known that some poor sol diers, after having killed several wolves, were at last devoured by a herd of these ferocious animals. 'The depression of .the public funds has become alarming—Bank Stock has fallen from 84 to 70; other stocks sink in proportion. , • It is now certain, that no negotiation for peace .between Russia and Turkey will take place.. In spite of their aversion, the Turks had.consent ed to admit the Deputies charged to negotiate in the name of Servia. These Deputies had even arrived iu Wallachia, and afterhaving taken a few days re• pose at Bucharest, had resumed their journey to Jassy. The Servian Deputation is.said to be com posed of six persons, and a most brilliant suite. The English Ambassador Adair entered Conatin, tinople on the 17th of January • his Secretary, Mr. Morris, preceded him a few days. TRIES'TE,.FEB. !S.—The Austrian troops receiv ed, on the I sth of February, orders,, which an nounce that , they will be put on the war establish ment on the Ist of March, and that the Militia will enjoy the same advantage. he 04:ers have in. st; u;tions, to purchase their horses and field equipage. Throughout all Austria, are speed the reports of war with France. The BOk paper has fallen 8 per cent. within ten days.!—(illettite4r.) • "COPENHAGEN ' the Surgeons who fill public tiauetions have received orders to inscribe their, names, in o , dyr that, they may, if necessary, be employed in the Military or naval, service, In spite of the ,rigourof the season, the Swedes on the coast of Scania spent the nights in the open air, so strong was, the fear of an imasionfrona us. FEB. 18.—An Expedition is in preparation,against Sweden; it may take place in a few dikys. It is not known whether it will .be commanded by the Ring in _person. • WISBADEN, FEB. 24.—The following document has been published here Copy of a Letter from his Highness the Prince Primate to the Grand Dukes of Baden, Hessia, Wurtzburgh, and _ _ the Duke of Nassau, dated i;rankfoii, 'Feb. 2, 18;9 11 His Majesty the Emperor of France having done me the honour to write tome with.his own hand, has desired - me to communicate to the Princes of the Confederation .of the Rhine, of which he is Proteaor, his :encouraging intentions in favour of public tranquility.' The Spanish armies are annihi. lated. The English have re-embarked; hiving lost half of their troops, their horses, baggage, ammuni tion, and a part of their treasure. This success, and the movements of Austria, occasioned the 'return of his Imperial Majesty to Paris. " The ConfederatiOti of the Rhine ought not to be under . any uneasiness. Its powerful Proteaor will secure its - frontiers from invasion. It is probable that the Court of Austria will return to a system compatible with the maintenance of general Iran- - quility. It is essential, under the present circum , stances, and it is the desire of his Majesty, tint all the Princes of the Confederation should 1)4116'4011y lnriiish their contingents, and..be ready. to march at the first notice. May I, in announcing the beneti, cent intentions of his Imperial Majesty, our.august Proteaor, beg you to corrtmunicate them, as soon as possible, to the College of Mikes and. Princes ? I seize this occasion of renewing thesentiments of high consideration with which, Sec." HAMBURGH, FED. 22.—A letter from Vienna, dated the Itth Mid.. contains the following passage : " A pamphlet is Seldhere, containing all the docu ments given by Cevallos, concerning the abdication of the, King .of Spain, it-was at fi rs t eu blig ie d se cretly at four florins ; . now it is .sold publicly, and costs only one florin 40 kreutzers, Such writings are not 'Permitted to be sold 'till a deciSive part is taken respecting thoSe of whom . they treat."-- . . '(hlonzteur.) 25,--The Prince de Pante Corvo continues here. The demolition of the fortresit of Stralsund will be completed ti three weeks. For hear three months there have been 3609 workmen employed. AltStißDAt4, Pea. 24.r—T110 .King has judged 'it expedient to call to his person Matilials Du- Monceau and De Winter, unless imperious circum stances should demand their presence at the head of their troops dad squadrons. The place of DUMOII. vertu is supplied by Lieut.-General Bruce; and Vice- Admiral Bloys replaces Admiral de Winter in the conimand of the squadron off. the Texel and the. Circle of the! Coasts. The Marshals Darnonceau and, de Winter Will take their seats in the Council of State immediately after the Ministers: PAtittii - MARCH 4.--The news froM.Vienna of the 20th affil 21-4 of February state; that the Course of Exchange upon that city, which had fallen in one day from 231 to 243, *Ai on the 19th at 250; and. it is'observed there is no knowing when it will stop. This new shock, is attributed to a long article insert ed in the Court Gazette of the 15t!). This article, under• the head of Itatisbon, appears int en d e d to answer recent observations published in 'varioni fo reign papers, on the interior situation of the Austrian States. The .Editor, who haa execnted this task, possesses nothing but what the great Frederick call ed the cloudy style of the Austrian Chancery. Ttiis mode of confounding things, instead of enlighteit ingthem, has had the effect only of deubling dis- trust and alarm.- &KLAN - , ran. lg.—Their Majesties arrived at Konigsberg on the idth instant. The King a;tend4 eiluicvzily to Inisinekt. 'The Quee ri is indisprs,e-.4_, 11Oin the cold she has endUred; hence thelr to this City, is tiOtitlioned, but preparznions s'ill making fbr their reception'. MADRID, FEB. decree of the Path instanr,,'3l% . lAtracirdinarr(;ritninil Junta. has been formed; composed of five Alcildes of the Court, i'‘.4 the trial of . as.atsirss, robberi, recruiters in tA* the insurgents, those Who mtnntain ctirrespoi%icuie. with them, and Who_spread tilse reports., Ferson; brought before the tribunal for these, cruces; abaft he, tried within v.? 4 hours, and sentenced to the gib bet. The sentence shall be executed ,without - Pear. Thoie against whom thera . shall not he cleat evidence, shall be piaced,,,at the divosition the Minister of General Pollee; :who shitil send them to the ordinary tribunal. • 'By recent Rqyal•Dvcr*; all Of ices in the army, and all the Magistrates and 'Public Functionaries, are required to take the caths:of allegiatiee and obe. thence to the King and Constitution; within three days after the publication of the decree La that effect; in the places where they are: 'rho property of all individuals who have executed qtr tllrg - sl authority, is aniwerable for the which may have been apent by virtue of orders issued by them. •.•_•. _ _ _ . The impositions imposed on the city of Madrid and the provinceS, are to be pica within six months, by three insottnents. 'Vince indkidilalS of - the order of FraTicians, of the toWn of tort), Who sought to raize haie been shut up in their convent for six 16(.4)015; by order of General Mazaredo. His Excellency has forbidilm the Monks to sleep oUt of their•con.- vents: FEB. 2.—Napoleon, by the Grace of God, &c. having seeti the 6th Cons.titutionai Se . 4iatt;. and the list of Candidates for the Senate, prvaented by the Eleaoral Colleges, of °llk XingdOth of Italy; do decree, &c. Ate named Memhers of the Senate; The Emperor and King ; Prince Eugene Napoleon, Vice-Roy of Italy, our well beloved son : Dun Joseph Napoleon, King of Spain and the • Indies ; Louis Napnietin, King of Holland; and Jerome Napoleon, Kihg of West- . phalia--Princes of the Royal Hortre. The Duke of Lodi, Ciiineejoi , and Keeper of the Seals; Count Codronclii, ' . Grand Almoner and Archbishop of Ravenna ; Coulit Litta, Grand-Clint) , berlain ; Count Fenaroli, Grand .Major.cinino; -;:nd• Count Caprara, Grand Ecuyer.—Grand 00ccis of the Crown. • Count Caparrt, Archbishop 'of Milan; Count Opezzoni, Archbiihv ot•Roulotme ; Co nt (!t. Archbishop of Ferrara ; and the Partriarch of ---Grand Oflicert (1 the gingtlon . _ _ Count .Moscanti, Cohnt Count Coita:).ll, and Count Gui3aiardi-A—Cqunsellori State. Then follold the names of Senator.; taken fr o nt each Department, to the tmmb4. , ,r of 24. , Captain Donn, Aid-de-Camp, to the fluke of KIINT i and Major of Brigade under his Royal ness, has' contradiak:'d the report that he had t)Oen, removed, and sqlemnly declares, that he mNert direaly nor indire6tly, applied to Mks. CLAAK.F, fur any paper or document whatever. We ore glad that. he has made this declaration, becatise it d...0.r0Ys shocking report, that feelinp adverse to the DUtitt of You prevailed, where, douutless, there can bt nothing but the utmost good-Will and arectjop. The Board of Trade have enttounced their deter mination to grant no more licenses for the protection of the trade between this Country" Holland, and France, by neutrals, but under particular restriciionE. Butter,, cheese, geneva, brapdies, and various other atticles, - are now 'prohibited. The follOWing is a list of the various articles which are allowed to impelled without licenses : FROM 1101.1.AWD. Grain (if,imporied according to the provisions of the Corn Laws), tiax, oak-bark, tlax-seed, clover arid other seed, madder.roots, salt, hides and skins, leather, rushes, IsonpA, saccharum Worm, trnalts, yarn, sattion, quills, tetras, white lead, oil, turpentine, pitch, hemp, bottles, wainscot, deals, raw materials, naval stores, lace, and FrencL brics. FRO3LFRANCE. Grain (if imported according to the provis!ons of the Corn Laws), seeds, satrron, rags; •oak-bark, turpentine, hides, skins, honey, wax, fruit; raw materials. linseed cakes, tat. low, weld, wine, lace, French cambrics, and. lawns. Miss GAYTON is not yet, as reported, married to Mr. MURRAY, brother of Sir JAMES rULTENEY. Mr. T. SHERIDAN is obliged, by ill-health, to visit a warm climate, and is about to depart for Sicily. ft is said that the Duke of ARGYLE is pa. tronizing 'a subscription for this Gentleman, to which the Prince of WALss has contributed.,loool. and the Dukes of &prom) and DavoNsttraStbatll. each: Kule's THEATHE.—.The Drury-Lane Company, by the . liberal permission of Mr. TAY LOR, the Pro prietor of this Theatre ; last night performed their last new Comedy of Man and Wife; with the Far .A: of Sylvhier Daggerwood.. We have the pleasure of saying that a very numerous audience attended. Gr'yg Save Me King was sung, an , iirecei ved with enthusiasm. h.s . r.EnLiteroN recited an appropriate Address, writ ten for the occasion by Mr. EYRE, the Aaor, which was very well received. We are highly gratiticd that public patronage was so conspicuously excited on this occasion, and hope it will be equally manifest. on the rest of the perforMances which are to place for the relief of so many 'dependants on t I , e Theatre, who have been reduced to the utmost dis tress by the recent calamity. Young,lielcher is matched to fight Medley for 100 guineas a side. Part of - the money is staked; alt.i the battle will take place on the 9th of M Georiie Maddox and Richmond the Black; will decide their match next week. CORN I . 'XCHANGE, MARCH 17.—The Market - ;;)- day has few freskarriials o; Wheat, hat the retn:cv ing supplies on hand are rather- .. '.: Jetatrie, sal,4 are again heavy, and 'give way in ,; 'Bye 54.mA:- what lower; Barley eNtrerne dull,:: ; 4‘114 hard!), ot last pricils ; Malt rather cheaper ; . Deans 01 eacii kind scarcely at la't currency ; there ant large sup plies.of Oats, and [kit; track is quoted at a small in crease in price ; in Flour but little finattation. wheir 635 a 76s asn od Tiaßeans(New)47s a .53scli . Fineditto - 9tU,4 535 ~dr oat* . Sts h 345 a 33* mi it)c - 0 6os a e6s Mt , Poland ditto 39* is - 40." ea` Parley - . 33s a 4 6f; wi 1 t'uthtoe' - ---* 404 40 Malt . . 7a* 4 79$ e,d I R .pe,4ced . . 631 a 6 . 81 —.4 W hite I'M:: jps at 14PS od I hue Four --i A 8:4 3 g , '',.: ~,..t Grey ditto . sls a sSs od Seconds . - 7.s* 4 '4w4 rit keittlS Pim) , . ,is a 6ss 0 rig lot ble 10 1 :AN' Ow Go' of U